Summary
One of the biggest turns ofStar Trek: Discoveryseason 1 surprised Sonequa Martin-Green, who wasn’t aware it would happen. As Michael Burnham, Martin-Green was the unique series lead ofStar Trek: Discovery, who was a Specialist and former mutineer in season 1 before ultimately becoming Captain of the USS Discovery. But while Sonequa starred as Sasha inThe Walking Dead, thetwo more famous actors who helped establishStar Trek: Discoveryin season 1 were Jason Isaacs, who played Captain Gabriel Lorca, and Michelle Yeoh, who played Captain Philippa Georgiou and her Mirror Universe counterpart, Emperor Georgiou.
Appearing as a guest onThe D-Con Chamberpodcast, Sonequa Martin-Green was asked by hosts Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer about the beginning ofStar Trek: Discovery, and whether Jason Isaacs and Michelle Yeoh were"meant to stay"or if they were always going to exit the series at some point. Martin-Green revealed that she knew about Isaacs' storyline as Lorca, but that she was surprised byStar Trek: Discoveryseason 1 switching Captain Georgiou for the Mirror Universe Georgiou. Read Sonequa’s quote and watchThe D-Con Chambervideo below:
I knew about Jason. I knew about Lorca. We knew that whole storyline, all of us knew that. But I didn’t know at the very beginning that they were going to turn Michelle Yeoh, that they were going to kill Prime Georgiou so they could bring up Mirror Georgiou. I didn’t know that part.
I also didn’t even know when we started that… ‘Cause we started on the Shenzhou, which was Captained by Georgiou. And I didn’t know that we were gonna turn to Discovery [in episode 3]. The first two episodes are basically a prequel… We were a prequel to our own selves, episodes one and two. And episode three of season 1 is where Discovery starts.
8 Sins Section 31’s Emperor Georgiou Committed On Star Trek: Discovery
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What Happened To Lorca & Georgiou In Star Trek: Discovery
Jason Isaacs and Michelle Yeoh both exited the series
Jason Isaacs' tenure onStar Trek: Discoverywas only meant to last one season,with Lorca revealed to be a villain who was a doppelganger from the Mirror Universe. As Sonequa Martin-Green said,Star Trek: Discoveryseason 1’s Mirror Universe arc was known to her and the cast in season 1. Lorca ultimately perished in the Mirror Universe, and the focus shifted toMichelle Yeoh’s Emperor Georgiou, who posed as her Prime Universe counterpart, Captain Georgiou, and tried to commit genocide on the Klingon homeworld at the end ofStar Trek: Discoveryseason 1.
Star Trek: Section 31, Paramount+’s first made-for-streamingStar Trekmovie starring Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Georgiou, awaits a release date.
Michelle Yeoh continued playing Emperor Georgiou before exiting inStar Trek: Discoveryseason 3.Originally, Yeoh leftDiscoveryto segue into starring in her own series,Star Trek: Section 31.However, production delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Yeoh winning a Best Actress Academy Award forEverything Everywhere All At Onceforced plans to radically shift, withStar Trek: Section 31instead becoming the first made-for-streamingStar Trekmovie on Paramount+, Emperor Georgiou will soon return toStar Trek,but withStar Trek: Discoverynow over, the book onJason Isaacs' Lorcaappears closed for good.
